So Ahab sent, &c. He complied with Elijah's motion, because the urgency of the present distress made him willing to try all means to remove it; from a curiosity of seeing some extraordinary events; and, principally, because God inclined his heart.
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1 Kings 18:20
20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.